Monday, July 2, 2018

The Woman alleges rape by an Advocate and one another

A 24-year-old woman in Patan has accused two persons including an advocate of raping her on Sunday evening. The woman told police that the duo took her in their car when she was on way to offer prayers at a dargah at around 7pm.

They came in a grey color car and first offered to drop her to the dargah. As soon as she sat, they took her into the roadside bushes and took turns to rape her. After the sexual assault, they abandoned her at a deserted place on Bodiya Road.

A passerby noticed that she was struggling to walk and immediately called for 108 emergency service ambulance that rushed to Dharpur Hospital,. Later, around midnight, police took her complaint and booked the accused advocate Pankaj Velani and an unidentified man.

Police have launched a manhunt to trace them. J B Athodiya, inspector, A-Division police station in Patan said the woman has been sent for medical examination.